Clinical Study
School-Based Health Center Intervention Improves Body Mass Index in Overweight and Obese Adolescents
Table 2
Characteristics of the ACTION and standard care groups at baseline.
| | Characteristics | ACTION
(%) | Standard care
(%) | value |
| | Race/ethnicity | | | | | Asian | 4 (14%) | 1 (4%) | 0.10 | | Hispanic | 21 (75%) | 14 (61%) | | | Native American | 0 (0%) | 3 (13%) | | | Multiple | 3 (11%) | 5 (22%) | | | Sex | | | | | Female | 17 (61%) | 13 (57%) | 0.78 | | Male | 11 (39%) | 10 (43%) | | | Family history of diabetes | | | | | No | 9 (32%) | 12 (52%) | 0.43 | | Yes | 17 (61%) | 10 (43%) | | | Don’t know | 2 (7%) | 1 (4%) | | | Family history hyperlipidemia | | | | | No | 9 (32%) | 9 (39%) | 0.88 | | Yes | 12 (43%) | 10 (43%) | | | Don’t know | 7 (25%) | 4 (17%) | | | Caregiver years of education | | | | | 0–6 | 3 (11%) | 2 (9%) | 0.99 | | 7–11 | 8 (29%) | 8 (35%) | | | 12 (high school graduate) | 6 (21%) | 5 (22%) | | | 13–15 | 7 (25%) | 6 (26%) | | | 16 or more | 4 (14%) | 2 (9%) | | | Caregiver preferred language | | | | | Spanish | 10 (36%) | 10 (43%) | 0.11 | | English | 13 (46%) | 12 (52%) | | | English and Spanish | 5 (18%) | 0 (0%) | | | English and other | 0 (0%) | 1 (4%) | | | Metabolic syndrome componentsa | | | | Large waist circumference
(Men: ≥102 cm; Women: ≥88 cm) | 2 (7%) | 3 (13%) | 0.65 | High blood pressure
(Systolic ≥130 and/or diastolic ≥85 mm Hg) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | — | Low HDL cholesterol
(Men: <40 mg/dL; Women: <50 mg/dL) | 5 (18%) | 6 (26%) | 0.51 | Elevated triglycerides
(≥150 mg/dL) | 8 (29%) | 6 (26%) | 1.00 | Elevated fasting blood glucose
(≥100 mg/dL) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | — | | Stages of change | | | | | Precontemplation | 0 (0%) | 3 (13%) | 0.22 | | Contemplation | 4 (14%) | 1 (4%) | | | Action | 16 (57%) | 13 (57%) | | | Maintenance | 8 (29%) | 6 (26%) | |
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Defined by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
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